Currently writing the crabs musical for next Thursday at @latitudefestival.bsky.social - Reece Shearsmith IS Cliff Davenport Josie Long IS Pat Benson

I've read all my library books and went back to my bookcase - re-reading one of my very favourite books from Robert MacFarlane. #Booksky #BskyBookClub

Because a few people have asked this week, in case you missed it, you can find extensive reading lists and playlists relating to each episode of For the Record on our site here - cosmicshambles.com/fortherecord

All books in our childrens' room are currently three for two! Pick up three wonderful new titles for your little one and get the cheapest one for free.

This beautiful edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure story, Treasure Island, is available in store and online. This stunning volume features gorgeous illustrations that are bound to enchant readers of all ages. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/trea...

Evelyn Clarke's newest thriller The Ending Writes Itself is available in store and online! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

My Autobiography of Carson McCullers is Jenn Shapland's exploration of one of America's most beloved writers, retelling McCuller's life by reflecting it against Shapland's own. Available in store and online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/my-a...

New season means new anime releases! Check out our list of some of the manga and light novels getting adapted into anime this Summer. uk.bookshop.org/lists/summer...

Calling Magic the Gathering fans! The official MTG manga Destroy All Humans They Can't Be Regenerated, and official MTG novel Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos, are available in store!

Kaden's Recommendations! Recommendations 106: Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle. Available online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fabu... A new delightfully camp horror novel from the author of Camp Damascus, Bury Your Gays, and Lucky Day. Death comes wearing novelty love heart sunglasses.

Kaden is in house today! If you're looking for manga recommendations why not pop in and say hi? Happy to chat anything manga and also happy to help with any LGBTQIA+ related recommendations. Here are a few of my favourite manga while I'm at it!

The sixth and final volume of Alice Oseman's beloved graphic novel series, Heartstopper, is available both in store and online! Enjoy this hopeful end to Nick and Charlie's story as they prepare for the next step of their journeys. Available in store and online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/hear...

BIG NEWS: I have a new short story collection coming out in September & I'm doing it a different way, publishing it in collaboration with the new collective @breakthroughbook.bsky.social. You can read about it - & assist with printing costs by ordering a copy - here: www.tom-cox.com/my-next-book...

Do you have what it takes to be the next 2000 AD creator? The @2000ad.bsky.social Artist and Writer Talent Search returns to Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2026! Find all the details here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/2000ad

Tickets are now available for Pontypridd Autumn Book Fair - AUTHORS TABLE at Storyville Books Pontypridd, Pontypridd. www.ticketsource.com/Storyville-B...

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

#caturday #cats

Prime Day who? Sorry, I'm too busy supporting my independent bookshop 😍⁠ Through the 26th, take 35% off all sale audiobooks (yep) with code BIGIMPACT at checkout. Every purchase benefits your indie bookshop of choice. Thanks for supporting them today and every day 💗

Johnny Marr is auctioning off a bunch of his guitars and a portion of the money is going to the National Autistic Society and Guide Dogs for the Blind. Such a good dude. Via manic_pixels on Insta.

Kaden's Recommendations! Recommendation 105: Princeweaver by Elian J Morgan Available in store or online via: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/prin... A gorgeous romantasy set against a backdrop of a world heavily influenced by Welsh history and mythology.

Lost item found! This little Eevee has been found in our shop this afternoon, we are looking to reunite them with their owner. Please let us know if you or someone you know has lost them.

Signed copies of Emily Garside's Rainbow Wales and Gay Aliens and Queer Folk are in now! Thank you Emily for your wonderful talk today and for everyone who came to listen!

June has tanked in many ways for me, but probably most in book sales. Give an indie self-publisher a boost by taking a look at my stuff, and then also at a few more of my brethren. We've got the chops, but we don't always have the platform. #AmWriting #AmSelfPublishing amazon.com/author/jimbe...

Copies of Emily Garside's Rainbow Wales are available in store now! Emily will be here from 1PM today to discuss the book so pop in and say hi!

Fennec from Impact will be here from 11AM discussing Impact, a non profit for LGBTQ+ Youth, and what they do for the communities they support.

Today from 10AM! All are welcome and entry is free!

Come see the new stock we have in at our Pride Fair today! Emily Garside will be in to discuss their newest book, Rainbow Wales, from 1PM! Copies are available in store now.

Everyone is SO SURE they know, they run their mouth and they don't know shit.

Well said, Billy 👏🏼 #BookSky

Parthian secures Joe Bedford's short story collection Mating Habits, his Bridport Prize winning story 'Zanzibar Blue' www.parthianbooks.com/blogs/news/p...

Reading is my happy place. What are you reading? #TheMartinSheenPodcast 💙

About six more weeks of relentless touring as always , then determined to cut down to see if I can get my blood pressure lower www.robinince.com

Recommend this! 😸

Just read an article where the author concludes that a Nobel Prize winning author using AI to write her stories isn’t a big deal because everyone borrows ideas from someone else. Well, fucking no, Alex. Plagiarism and shared human experiences are two vastly goddamned different things.

People like Kane and many many others that do care about human art and the creative process have been a beacon of hope while trying to navigate making art in this current climate.

As Ben says, ‘Beauty is priceless.’ We’ll never sell the 5 pristine copies we have . They’re are the jewels in the Bluemoose crown.

At the end of June, I will be in Devon and Cornwall playing libraries and bookshops www.robinince.com #book #library #poetry #neurodiversity

Tickets still available for An Evening with @robinince.bsky.social on Tuesday 9th June from 7pm www.ticketsource.com/Storyville-B...

A cartoon about book festivals for @theguardian.com

Join us this Pride Month at Armadilo giftshop in the Wales Millennium Centre, where @emilygarside.bsky.social will be in conversation with @justaled.bsky.social, Producer of Cabaret, about her new book Rainbow Wales. To celebrate, there’ll be 10% off on most purchases made in the shop on the evening

Ymunwch â ni’n ystod Mis Pride yn siop Armadilo yng Nghanolfan Mileniwm Cymru, lle bydd @emilygarside.bsky.social yn sgwrsio gydag @justaled.bsky.social, Cynhyrchydd Cabaret, am ei chyfrol newydd Rainbow Wales. I ddathlu, bydd 10% o ostyngiad ar y rhan fwyaf o gynnyrch yn y siop ar y noson.

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In celebration of both World Dracula Day and Peter Cushing's birthday. 🧛

NO LIES TOLD....

I’m not financially qualified to give this advice but I think you should quit your job and just come read all day.

Writers traditionally shed words in May, which can make them awkward and skittish. Don't worry, they aren't sick, don't have rabies, and probably won't bite. If you see one in the middle of it, toppled over, words spilling out of them, just put a cloth or cardboard box over their head. Do not feed!